Audit and rewrite error messages, exceptions, and API/SDK/CLI failure output so an AI agent (and a human) can self-correct without leaving the terminal. Use when designing or reviewing how a tool fails — error strings, HTTP error bodies, auth/credential errors, CLI errors, thrown exceptions — especially for libraries, APIs, and CLIs that AI agents consume. Grounded in patterns from 2027.dev's evals of 136 dev tools across 3,500+ agent runs.
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Does it follow best practices?
Impact
93%
1.17xAverage score across 1 eval scenario
Passed
No known issues
Error message audit and fix workflow
Silent failure identified first
80%
100%
Silent failure rated F
0%
100%
Silent failure fixed loudly
100%
100%
Misleading error identified
100%
100%
Misleading error root cause fix
100%
100%
Removed-feature warning flagged
100%
100%
Network-blame error identified
57%
0%
A/C/F rubric applied
0%
100%
Four-question spec in fixed errors
100%
100%
Env-var name in credential error
100%
100%
URL in credential error
100%
100%
validate_api_key error improved
100%
100%
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